To Do
Ice Machime
- The electronic ice machines came in yesterday and I have been messing with them since
- They are set to be @ 3°C
- They use these "Miracle Beads" instead of ice to absorb the heat
- We left one on overnight filled 80% with beads with a centrifuge tube with tap water.
- Today, it is hovering about 6-7°C which Koch thinks is alright
- The display says its at 3C and using the temp probe we have, the block is 3-4C
- Things to try:
- Leave the lid off (Koch's Idea). Makes more of a thermal gradient, perhaps causing the block to work harder and cool the beads all the way through
- Too many beads, use less beads (Q=mc(delta)T, so if Q is constant, less m = more delta T)
- Beads + water. The booklet says that this causes the thing to cool faster (1hr instead of 2hrs for beads only)
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